C700 / CQ40 / CQ45 / DV4 / DV5 / DV6 / HDX18T - Insyde BIOS RECOVERY using a USB THUMBDRIVE

[siLc]

mine is presario r3000 and the bios file i got doesnt have .fd but .wph.
How to rewrite the file name? i have tried bios.wph, 08A0.bin, 08A0.wph, but no luck!

Any help will be appreciated.

The .wph extension referes that your notebook has a Phoenix BIOS, not Insyde, as discussed in this topic.

This might help you -> A Guide to BIOS OC HP 8600gs with drivers ABOVE 169.04

[feimoi]

thanks a lot.. I have been trying that one today, but still no luck!!

[dormix]

Hi all! I want to tell you my experience and how I solved my problem. I have a HP COMPAQ PRESARIO C700 (C797EL) and I tried to recover the BIOS following 0.0's guide using various name over the one macakox suggested. I used original_name.fd, macakox_name.bin, first_four_digit.bin, first_four_digit.fd, last_four_digit.bin and last_four_digit.fd together, copied them on a usb stick, pressed win+b key, plugged in power and power on my NB bu still no luky. Since I didn't heard any beep and didn't seen any led on usb stick I decided to format as fat32 a old p-ata hard disk using an external HD-box, copied all that files on it and tried again with success.

Many thanks to all of you, boys!

[blazercist]

Hey guys, I have a HP dm3t-1000 notebook and I'm trying to flash the BIOS using a USBstick as this thread describes. I've tried both fat16 and fat32, and I've tried holding FN+esc and Win+B and neither seem to get the machine to try the usb stick. Any suggestions?

[dannyres]

Does the dm3 have an Insyde BIOS?

[gq.byte01]

I'm having the same problem. A black screen and blinking num lock and caps lock LED's. After an hour of turning on and off of my notebook, it booted normally. It can even restart normally. This was yesterday, but today when i tried to turn on my notebook, it's brick again with the LED's blinking again but this time even if I try to turn it on and off for a couple of times, it won't boot normally.

I tried the BIOS file that i downloaded for this link:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...873043&lang=en

I renamed 30FBF36.FD to 30FB.BIN and 30F7.BIN and followed the steps. There were no beeping sounds and I waited for more than 5 minutes but still nothing happens.

My notebook is a Compaq Presario CQ40-310AU.

Any help will be very much appreciated.

[fakakiss]

hello there, i need you help on my corrupt bios....

My machine's details are as ffs:

Model: G60-235DX

s/n: 2CE913618T

p/n: NB042UA#ABA


Have tried bios boot block can't seem to figure out the correct bios id....

[heavengee]

Yup exactly the same steps. WinKey+B. Rename to 3602.BIN or 3603.BIN (depending on mobo.. even though my mobo says its board id is 3603, the BIOS I am ment to use is 3602....FD). To be safe I guess the best method is to flash to the original BIOS release as that way there is usually only one file - in my case 3602...fd.

Hy Dannyres,

I have a DV5-1178er, tried all possible combinations from the original bios to the Latest, but still nothing. The only one change when I use the WIN+B combination is that the caps lock, and the num lock leds are not on. I think it's a response, but still not reading the USB. Just a few blinkings just like when I start the laptop normally. I tried 3602.FD .BIN .ROM 3603.FD .BIN .ROM even QT6.extensions which is the model name described in PLATFORM.INI.
No results. PLS help... I'm dying seeing that it works for a lot of people, but not for me.
BTW: I tried with 1GB flash pen and 8GB in Fat and Fat32 and nothing.

Any ideeas...
PLS

[dannyres]

Try taking the file 3602 file and making a copy of it and renaming it 3602.BIN and 3603.BIN for the other copy (but identical files). Make sure you boot with the WinKey+B combination held down. It took me about 5 tried to finally get it.. just a timing issue. There is no reason why it shouldn't work for you as long as the lights are going on.

[dannyres]

hello there, i need you help on my corrupt bios....

My machine's details are as ffs:

Model: G60-235DX

s/n: 2CE913618T

p/n: NB042UA#ABA


Have tried bios boot block can't seem to figure out the correct bios id....

Ok you need to extract the latest version of your BIOS (F52) and make a whole bunch of copies of the BIOS file (360BF52.FD). Rename the copies 360B.BIN, D5AS.BIN, 3611.BIN, 360C.BIN, 3616.BIN, 3612.BIN, 3617.BIN and put these all on a USB stick and try using Winkey+B.

A problem you both may be having is that if you have windows set to hide file extensions then you wont actually be renaming the file properly.. you'll just be renaming it to 36xx.BIN.FD which will NOT work.